Drug bust in Lubbock yields five arrests

Lubbock County authorities arrested five accused drug traffickers on Tuesday and seized more than $12,000 worth of cocaine at three different locations around the city.

In total, the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office, with the assistance of several other agencies, seized 13.5 ounces of cocaine, ammunition, $7,093 in cash, cocaine packaging material, two vehicles and a trailer, according to a news release from the Sheriff's Office Wednesday morning.

Most of the cocaine was seized from an apartment complex under renovation at 1604 38th St.

The other locations where drugs were seized were: 1012 83rd St. and 5802 24th St., No. 238, according to the Sheriff's Office.